Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Norway
Norway: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.6095 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Norway, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Norway recorded 0.6095 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023.
That represents a change of down 8.2% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Norway peaked at 0.6936 LPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.2925 LPIA, in 1970.
That places Norway 32nd out of 93 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2925 LPIA | 0.2925 LPIA | 0.2925 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4383 LPIA | 0.4383 LPIA | 0.4383 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5542 LPIA | 0.5433 LPIA | 0.5672 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.6248 LPIA | 0.572 LPIA | 0.6936 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6477 LPIA | 0.6095 LPIA | 0.6694 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 51,889 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.54 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Norway?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Norway was 0.6095 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6936 LPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2925 LPIA in 1970.
- How does Norway rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Norway ranks 32nd out of 93 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release